Eaves-trough



1. BYRD. EAVES THOUGH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2?, |920.

Patented No1/.'29, 1921.

PAT

TURNER BYRIJ, 0F LANSING, MICHIGAN.

EAVES-TROUGH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

Application iled September 27, 1920. Serial No. 412,927.

To all whom i may concern:

Be it known that I, TURNER BYBD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Raves-Trough, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a method of repairing eaves troughs or thelike, and it is the object of the invention` to provide a method or"repair for restoring leaking eaves troughs, thereby obviating thenecessity of replacing the eaves troughs.

The method also includes positioning lining strips in the trough to berepaired, together with means for securing the same in such positionagainst displacement.

lVith the foregoing and oatrher objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment ofk the invention herein disclosed, may be made withinthescope of what is claimed, witha out departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawing Figure l illustrates a plan view of a troughshowing the same as having been repaired, in accordance with the presentinvention.

F ig. 2 illustrates a sectional view taken on line QMQ of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional view taken on line 3-8 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designatesa conventional form of eaves trough to be repaired, the eaves troughbeing provided with the usual discharge opening to permit water toy flowinto the down spout 6, which has.

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troughs, one extremity of the wire being formed into a hook indicated atl0 to accommodate the eye 1l, formed at the opposite extremity of theeye, there being providedr a central hanging arm l2 also formed integralwith the length of wire, whereby the trough may be supported under theeaves of a building.

As shown by the drawing, the securing members are positioned on theeaves trough at points adjacent to the overlapping ends of the section7, so that the main or bodyl portions of the securing members willcontact with the upper edges of the member 7 to retain the same in thetrough.

To insure against water entering between the members 7 and the trough, awaterproofing material is applied to both surfaces of the member 7,whereupon the same are positioned in the trough and securedby means ofthe securing members 9.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In aneaves trough, strips of waterproofed material positioned within ,thetrough, said strips having their adjacent ends overlapping, a securingmember including a length of wire positioned around the trough adjacentto the overlapped ends of the strips, the length of wire having a hookmember formed at one end and having an eye formed intermediate its ends,said eye adapted to accommodate the hook member, and a hanging armforming a part of the securing member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. TURNER BYRD.

Witnesses:

J. A. PARSONS, BERTHA RAY.

